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oxygen consumption

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oxygen consumption
n.
An expression of the rate at which oxygen is used by tissues, usually given in microliters of oxygen consumed in 1 hour by 1 milligram dry weight of tissue.

oxygen consumption,
the amount of oxygen used by the body per minute. For normal aerobic metabolism, it is about 250 mL/min. Also called oxygen uptake (VO2).

oxygen consumption
VO2 ABG The difference between the amount of O2 delivered to tissues and the amount of O2 returned to the right ventricle Physiology The measurement of O2 uptake, this measurement is used routinely to calculate the metabolic cost of different activities


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